As protestors gathered on a busy street corner to decry “Ivy League
Animal Abusers,” they took aim not just at Yale as an institution, but at
its professors, by name.

A dozen members of the newly formed Connecticut Animal Rights Network
stood on the corner of College and North Frontage Streets near the on-ramp
to Route 34 Wednesday, holding signs that read “Shut Down Yale Animal Labs”
and “End Ivy League Animal Abuse.” They distributed leaflets with the names,
e-mail addresses, and phone numbers of scientists and doctors whose
published research relies on what the group considers the mistreatment of
animals.